10 best movies filmed in Budapest
List of films, which were filmed in Budapest in the streets, not in studios.
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- DirectorJohn MooreStarsBruce WillisJai CourtneySebastian KochJohn McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.It was filmed in Budapest, but the city 'plays' Moscow in the story. Film makers decorated the locations with Russian titles, road signs, hotdog carriage, even brought a Russian phone booth. Funny for the locals!
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsJohn CusackAlice EveLuke EvansWhen a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.A very excellent Sherlock Holmes-like crime story. Streets of Budapest are Baltimore's steets in the early 1800's.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsBrad PittMireille EnosDaniella KerteszFormer United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.A very awaited Brad Pitt zombie movie of 2013. Sadly Budapest is just one in the many filming lovations from UK to Malta.
- DirectorLen WisemanStarsKate BeckinsaleScott SpeedmanShane BrollySelene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.The streets in the movie are sooo Budapest! If you look closely, you can read some Hungarian signs and name plates of shops.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMadonnaJonathan PryceAntonio BanderasThe hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.Some scenes of the movie were filmed in Budapest. Budapest as Buenos Aires? How fancy!
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsTom CruiseJeremy RennerSimon PeggThe IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.Budapest is Budapest. Finally in this movie, the capital of Hungary appears as itself, what's more in the start of the movie.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsColin O'DonoghueAnthony HopkinsCiarán HindsAmerican seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.Some scenes filmed in Budapest, but the whole story takes place in Italy.
- DirectorBetty ThomasStarsEddie MurphyOwen WilsonFamke JanssenA professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson actioning through Budapest in a funny way. You can see the Chain Bridge and the Buda Castle just like in a good travel documentary.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJim BelushiPeter BoyleA tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.This classic Schwarzi-movie was also filmed partly in Budapest.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.Operation in Budapest, Hungary, spies and Russian agents, Hungarian guess actors. What more? Gary Oldman at his best!